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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 578762, member: 57463&quot;]As a strong advocate for laissez faire, I like bars and rounds because they come from private mints.&nbsp; They also commemorate a wider range of virtues.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I like banks and manufacturers.&nbsp; I found some one-ounce rounds issued to employees for annual safety awards.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Silvertowne is well known for their standardized designs honoring guns, cowboys, eagles, buffaloes, Indians, firefighters, etc., etc., as well as Thank You, Happy Birthday, and Congratulations. </p><p><br /></p><p>A while back, I found a classic Martha Mitchell Watergate bar.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>About 10 years ago, I was forced to go to a coin show in Europe and I was happy to find a much broader inventory of truly artistic 19th century silver medals from trade fairs, agricultural expositions, manufacturing displays,&nbsp; etc.&nbsp; The workmanship truly eclipsed anything similar I had seen in the US, and it was all priced a few points over spot.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are of a collecting frame of mind, just consider all the options for ENGELHARD.&nbsp; They have been making one-ounce bars and rounds for 35 years.&nbsp; Some are from Canada, some the US. Some are bars, some are rounds.&nbsp; You can find early serial numbers.&nbsp; They have different conceptualizations of the Corporate Logo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, there&#039;s your patriotics, the Liberty Lobby, NORFED, and others.&nbsp; I have a half-ounce silver honoring F.A. Hayek and a half-ounce with Andrew Jackson on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is another thread here on Franklin Mint items. The artistry is superior and the FM hallmark is your guarantee.&nbsp; The huge array of themes must satisfy many tastes.&nbsp; I have one on my desk now, some literature series or whatever, but I like it because it is Robert Frost &quot;The Road Not Taken.&quot;&nbsp; Very philosophical.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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